{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-reduction-schemes-default-scheme-wales-regulations-2013/schedule-3/paragraph-14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-reduction-schemes-default-scheme-wales-regulations-2013/schedule-3/paragraph-14.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2013/3035",
  "legislation_title": "The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Default Scheme) (Wales) Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-reduction-schemes-default-scheme-wales-regulations-2013",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/14",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Carer premium",
  "text": "(1) The condition is that the applicant or the applicant’s partner is, or both of them are, entitled to a carer’s allowance under section 70 of the SSCBA.\n(2) Where a carer premium is awarded but—\n(a) the person in respect of whose care the carer’s allowance has been awarded dies; or\n(b) in any other case the person in respect of whom a carer premium has been awarded ceases to be entitled to a carer’s allowance,\nthe condition for the award of the premium is to be treated as satisfied for a period of eight weeks from the relevant date specified in sub-paragraph (3).\n(3) The relevant date for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2) is—\n(a) where sub-paragraph (2)(a) applies, the Sunday following the death of the person in respect of whose care a carer’s allowance has been awarded or the date of death if the death occurred on a Sunday;\n(b) in any other case, the date on which the person who has been entitled to a carer’s allowance ceases to be entitled to that allowance.\n(4) Where a person who has been entitled to a carer’s allowance ceases to be entitled to that allowance and makes an application for a reduction, the condition for the award of the carer premium is to be treated as satisfied for a period of eight weeks from the date on which—\n(a) the person in respect of whose care the carer’s allowance has been awarded dies;\n(b) in any other case, the person who has been entitled to a carer’s allowance ceased to be entitled to that allowance.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2013/3035/schedule/3/paragraph/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:40:35.344164+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}